Trump calls Jack Smith 'desperate' after special counsel report is released after midnight - WFIN Local News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Nevertheless, the timing provoked a heated response from Trump.
42% : Attorney General Merrick Garland released the first volume, which focuses on the election case against Trump, of Smith's report on Tuesday at midnight after back-and-forth in the federal court system.
35% : "Jack is a lamebrain prosecutor who was unable to get his case tried before the Election, which I won in a landslide," Trump wrote.
32% : In the lengthy report, Smith said his office fully stands behind the decision to bring criminal charges against Trump because he "resorted to a series of criminal efforts to retain power" after he lost the 2020 election.Smith said in his conclusion that the parties were determining whether any material in the "superseding indictment was subject to presidential immunity" when it became clear that Trump had won the 2024 election.
31% : In a letter to Garland last week, Smith called it "laughable" that Trump believes the Biden administration, or other political actors, influenced or directed his decisions as a prosecutor, stating that he was guided by the Principles of Federal Prosecution.
30% : Did he say that the Unselect Committee illegally destroyed and deleted all of the evidence," Trump posted on Truth Social.
20% : Smith charged Trump in both cases, but Trump pleaded not guilty.
17% : In another post, Trump dismissed Smith's report, claiming it was based on information gathered by the House Jan. 6 select committee, which was formed in July 2021 to investigate the breach of the U.S. Capitol earlier that year by Trump supporters who rioted ahead of President Biden taking office on Jan. 20.
15% : ON INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASETrump also repeated his claim that Smith, who resigned last week, acted on orders from President Biden to prosecute the president's political opponents.
15% : Smith charged Trump in the U.S. District Court for Washington D.C. in his 2020 election case, but after Trump was elected president, Smith sought to dismiss the case.

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